Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Styling opinion

[Hans E. Hansen (FList]

Oh, and BTW, here is what was Nuccio Bertone's personal daily
driver.

Hans.

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
wrote:
> Bertone was a bit scary.  They had closed a large manufacturing
> plant outside of Torino, and their beautiful design campus in the
> base of the Alps was a ghost town.
>
> Here is a photo looking down into their basement where many/most/all
> of their concept cars are stored.  This is just part of the basement,
> as my camera didn't have a wide enough angle lens to get it all from
> this viewpoint.  We had free run of the cars, climbing
> in and around, playing with gadgets, etc.  The Bertone family was
> very nice.
>
> Hans.
>
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Hans E. Hansen <FList [at] hanshansen.org> 
> wrote:
>> Agree that all of the design houses had winners and loser - some
>> with more than one than the other.
>>
>> A year or so ago, I visited many of the various designers.  They *all*
>> are on hard times.  Zagato appeared to only have one car in process,
>> the Ferrari 575.  Their showroom had the car under wraps and I
>> didn't get to see it ---- there.  Later I saw it in the fab shop that had
>> been subcontracted to build it.  I think it was at Golden Car, but
>> a few too many Morettis may have fogged up that memory cell a bit.
>>
>> Andrea Zagato really got the attention of the ladies.  Sort of an
>> Italian Ferrari Bubba?
>>
>> Attached (if I can size it correctly) is a pic of Zagato's showroom.
>>
>> Hans.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:22 AM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I love those!!
>>>
>>> The AM DB4 Zagato is pure sex!
>>>
>>> http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/61astonmartin_resized.jpg
>>>
>>> There are winners and losers in all of the design houses. Remember that a 
>>> certain houses' trends may have been dictated by their chief at the time. 
>>> Gandini was powering Bertone in the 60s and thus the shapes that came out 
>>> reflected that. Some of their later work may not have been up to that 
>>> standard!
>>>
>>> What about Ghia and Ital Design??
>>>
>>> The Pre L Pantera from Ghia was top notch:
>>>
>>> http://panteraplace.com/page5.html
>>>
>>> LS
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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